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ANNAPOLIS MD, THURSDAY EVENING, APRIL Z 1887.
SPECIAL NOTICE.

We will insert In this column advertiS~
ments Of Wants. For Rent, For Sale, Lost.
Found, &c. not exceeding four lines. ONE
WEEK, or less, for 90 Cents.
Evening capital., 1887-04-07

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HEROIC LIVES AT HOME.

The heroism of private life, the
slow unchronicled martyrdoms of the
heart, who shall remember? Great
er than nightly dragon slayers Of old
is the man who overcomes an unholy
passion, sets his foot upon it and
stands serene and strong in virtue.
Grander than Zenobia is the woman
who struggles with the love that
would wrong another or degrade her
own soul, and conquers. The young
man, ardent and tender, who turns
from the dear love of woman, and
buries deep in his heart the sweet In
stincts of paternity, to devote himself
to the care and support of aged par
ents or an unfortunate sister, and
whose life is long sacrifice, in manly
cheerfulness and majestic spirit, is
the hero of the rarest type.
The young women who resolutely
stays with her father and mother in
the old home, while brothers and
sisters 20 forth to happy homes Of
their own, who cheerfully lays on
the altar of filial duty that costliest
of human sacrifices, the Joy of loving
and being loved-she is heroine. l
have known many such.
The husband who goes home from
every day routine and the perplex-
ing cares of business with the cheer
full smile and loving word for his
invalid wife; who brings not against
her the grievous sin of long sickness,
and reproaches her not for the cost
and discomfort thereof; who sees in
her languid eyes something dearer
than girlish laughter, in the sad face
and faded cheeks that blossom into
smiles and even bushes at his COM
ing, something lovelier than the old
time spring. roses-he is hero. l
think know one such.
The wife who bears her part in the
burden of life-even though it be
the larger part-bravely, cheerfully,
never dreaming that she is q horoine,
much less martyr; who bears with
the faults of a husband, not altogeth-
er congenial, with loving patience
and large charity, with noble de-
cislon hiding them from the world {;
who makes confdants and asks no
confidence who refrains from BROOD
ing over shortcoming in sympathy
and from seeking perilous "affini-
ties" who does not build high trag-
edy sorrows on the inevitable, nor
feel an earthquake in every family
jar: who sees her husband united
with herself indisollubly and eter-
nally in their children-she, the wife
in very truth, in the inward as in
the outward, is heroine, though of
rather an questionable type.-Grace
Greenwood.
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tricity is impaired by careful manip-
ulation of the muscles, performed by
gently stretching them with both
hands. This produces an elasticity
of action which causes them to rise,
thereby increasing their power to
act. Women whose fingers are sup
pie and yet strong, can best impart
electricity to their children. The
treatment should be applied mainly
with the fingers. When the nerves
are Frustrated they can be invigo-
rated in the same way. They should
be gently pressed in one direction
and another, which tends to increase
their vitality. The general circula-
tion can be increased by lightly NOV
ing the hands over the surface of the
blood vessels, not rubbing them brisk
ly, but using enough force to quicken
the circulation. Women can become
thorough animal electricians if they
will but devote themselves to care
full study of anatomy. The world is
full of half invalid women, who
should be restored to health by this
natural method. Drugs will not help
them, but animal electricity applied
under the right conditions will cure
the individualism of the sex. .....
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GOLD LEAF.-The american Sta
toner says that from two to four mil
lion dollars worth of gold is used an
nually, in the shape of foil for gild-
ing, lettering, edging of books, sign
and ornamental painting, and den
tistry; gliding taking the greatest
share. "A cubic inch can be beaten
out so as to cover $500 square feet,
and twenty double eagles could be
drawn out into a wire that would
girdle the globe. For foil, bars 8X1x
inches are cast and then rolled into
"ribbons" as thick as a finger nail.
These are then weighed into packages
called "beatings" of 2! ounces each.
One of these is divided into 1SO
pieces one inch square and built up
into a "kutch," layer of gold alter
mating with one of prepared paper q
inches square. Then with an eigh-
teen-pound hammer a kutch is beat
en- till the gold has spread out as
wide and long as the paper. Next
they are piled in "shoder" (Which
are made of pieces of square gold
beater's skin each four inches, and
beaten till the slips of gold spread as
large as the slips of leather. The
prepared paper is a peculiar kind of
parchment made from calf-skin, and
the goldbeaters's skin from the large
intestines of the OK. These four inch
"shoderleaves'' are quartered into
pieces of two inches square, and
packed again into molds five inches
square and beaten till spread to near
ly the same size as the molds, which
are made of the same stuff as the
shoder. They are now ready to be
sent to girls to be trimmed and put
up into books holding twenty-five
leaves each three and a half inches
square. These books are sold singly
or in packs numbering twenty books.
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LIVING IN A WHlRL.

To-day we live in a whirl. We
cultivate civilization at the expense
of mental health. It is one grand
rush from the rising OF the sun to the
going down of the same; a scramble
for riches, for fame, for place, for
bare existence itself. We rush to
catch trains and ferry-boats, and
having caught them rush to get out.
We walk-When we do walk-in a
hurry, talk in a hurry, think in a
hurry, are taken ill in a hurry, and
die with scarcely time to say our
prayers. That this abnormal condi-
ton of unrest pervades all classes
of workers, particularly brain-work-
ers, is an admitted fact. We have,
as people, got into way of rush.
ing things which it seems difficult to
avoid. Competition has kept pace
with high pressure desires, and now
a man must keep pace with the times,
or sink out of sight. Instances are
thick as leaves in autumn of persons
in the prime of life breaking down
under the strain of overwork and
overworry. The streets are filled
with men who carry about with
them spots on their brains-the vic
TINS of speculation, overWork or ex-
treme business cares. They may be
found at the bar, in the pulpit, at the
editorial table, in the clearinghouse,
the office, the studio and the study.
English advices inform US that
William Black, the novelist, who is
still a young man, has already worn
his nervous system out, and that
Sullivan, the brilliant composer, is a
mental and physical wreck. Such de-
plorable conditions could undoubted-
iy have been avoided had these two
men been content to grow old slowly
and gracefully, and to acquire fame
and fortune in moderate and sensi-
Bile way. Life is worth living if a
man will only make it so. There is
a time to work and time to play.
It is the true philosopher who under
stands how to make the best of both.
The most colossal fortune that was
ever amassed, the proudest name
ever acquired, are not worth the
sacrifice of health and happiness.
The humble shepherd on the hillside,
with his dog, "his clean hearth
stone, his thrifty wife's smile," the
man who knows no physical pain,
no mental unrest, is a happier being
by far than the Rothschild who can
not sleep, or the Carlyle whose life
is one long sorrow. Ambition is all
as stilnulant; where it becomes a
craze it is a poison. Each human
brain is only capable of accomplish
ing so much; it should make point
of studying just how much that is.
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CALHOUN AND DAvIs.-In an ap-
preciative notice of a recent article
written by Jefferson Davis on Mr..
Calhoun, the New York World holds
that there were so many points of
similarity in their character that no
one living is better fitted than Mr..
Davis to do justice to the character
of Calhoun. The World adds:
"Both Mr.. Calhoun and Mr.. Davis
filled the position of Secretary Of
War during their public careers, the
former under President Monroe and
the latter under President Pierce.
The administration of both were
marked by great practical improve
ment in the department. There was,
indeed, much similarity in character
in the two statesmen; both were re-
markable for their sincerity, their
strict integrity, their domestic vir-
tues and their determination to pur-
sue what they regarded as the right
course, regardless of popular senti-
ment.
"There are now but few statesmen
of advanced years in this country
capable of taking an active part in
the political discussions of the day.
We have here no counterparts, In
point Of age, of Gladstone or John
Bright or Grevy or Bismark. But
Jefferson Davis, in his eightieth year,
still possesses remarkable memory
and q wonderful intellect. He is as
vigorous and clear as in his prime of
life. In this view his paper on CAL
houn is a noteworthy production, and
it is to be regretted that he did not
extend it so as to embrace the per-
sonal "reminiscences of the South
Carolina statesman, which he omits
for the sake of breVity."
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smugeled. Has the man been brought to

smugeled. Has the man been brought to
justice?'
"He has not"
"Were there other kegs9"
II did not see."
"When your men returned for their
prize, what did they flnd9'
"Nothing The craft had been cleared
in their absence"
The next witness was the man, James
Skirling by name, who had opened the
keg
He gave his evidence in as few words as
possible, and was then in turn submitted
to cross examination.
II understand you," said the sergeant,
in slow and awful tones, Ito inform the
court that you took advantage of the
darkness AND confusion to broach keg,
actually to broach keg and fill bottlef"
~ did"
"You stole that liquor, in fact; you
placed it in this bottles' He held up.the
fatal flask.
The man grinned.
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THE SLEEPING CHILD.


My baby slept-how calm his rest
As DER his handsome face SMILE
Liket that of angel fitted, while
He lay 30 still upon my breast.
MY baby slept-his baby head
Lay all unkiss'd meath pail and
shroud-
I didnot weep or cry aloud.
I only wished too, were dead!
My baby sleeps-a tiny mound,
All covered by the little flowers,
Wo0es me in all waking hours
Down In the quiet burying-ground.
And when sleep seem to be
With baby in another land
I take his little baby hand
He smiles and sings sweet song to me.
Sleep on. o baby, while keep
My vigils till this Day be past;
Thenshall I, too, lie down at last
And with my baby darling sleep.
Eugene Field.
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SDAY. SEPTEMBER 2S, 1887.

ercise on a piano. Many persons
practice on those dumb pianos who
have no intention of ever becoming
musical. The next step is to remove
the callous and discolored skin.
Then the nails are cut, scraped and
restored to their natural color. If
the ends of the fingers have been
bitten we cover them with specially
prepared caps, which make the fing-
ers grow long and almond shaped at
the tips. 1 had photographs made OF
the same hand before and after treat
ment. Out of curiosity I took them
to a hand reader. He went into rap
lures over the pictures, and said it
was seldom he was called upon to
read the characters of two such en-
tirely different persons. ."-NeaU York
Evening Stln.
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THOMAS JEFFERsoN's VIOLIN
An untoward accident fastened the
work on the new homestead. On
February l, ITO, the family house at
Shadwell was burned. Nearly all
its contents we're also destroyed, the
principal loss in Jefferson's eyes be-
ing his papers and books, which lat.
ter he estimated at 81 900 cost value.
Not only his law books, but his
records and notes of cases he had
prepared for court, everything in the
Shape of written, memoranda, except
the "garden book" the preservation
of which was long unknown, went up
in flame. The servant who brought
him the news in breathless haste
had but one consoling item of infor-
mation-"they had saved his fiddle"
John G. Micolay in the Century.
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OUR LITTLE WORLD Some phys
ical results of the Java disturbance
help US to understand how small the
world is. Take a bowl of water,
agitate the fluid in the center, and
the undulations you excite propagate
themselves in smooth-swelling con-
centric rings till they lap against the
sides of the bowl. There they break,
and slop up in mimic tidal waves.
This is an exact illustration of the os-
citations of the sea reported from
both hemispheres. The tidal irregu-
larities, as might be expected, were
most violent on the northwestern
seaboard of Australia, which lies
right opposite the scene OF the Java
disturbances. On that coast the sea
retreated and advance a hundred
yards. A day or two later oscilla-
tions appeared on the Atlantic sea-
board of America. The particular
undulation which, on the fifth day
out, stopped up on the east coast OF
New Zealand must have come by way
of Cape of Good Hope and Cape
Horn, and had nearly completed the
circuit of the globe. Australia lies
as q breakwater between US and Java
by the direct route. It gives one
a new conception of the littleness OF
what Henry Ward Beecher called
"the hefpenny-ha-penny world" when
man can stand on the Ocean Beach
at Duendin and watch the ripples
from splash made in the Straits of
Sunda.-Otago Times.
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MAGIC OF A WoMAN's TOUCH
Why is a mothers hand on the head
of sick child so soothing? Because
her love supplies electricity which is
a curative force anda tonic. Animal
electricity is an agency not so well
understood as it should be by women,
though they use it continually. 1t
is enormously confounded with the
massage treatment, which is moth
ing more nor less than merely rub
bing the entire body. Animal elec-
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THE MIDDLE AGEs.-"The Mid
dies" is name applied to the period
between the fall of the Roman en-
pire to the Fifth century and the in.
vention of printing in the Fifteenth |;
or, as timed by some historians,
from the invasion of France by
Clovis in 4S6, to that of Naples by
Charles VIII. in 1895. It comprised
about ten centuries, and is often call
ed "The Dark Ages"
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Ra- The countenance that reflects
most of Christ, and shine most with
him love and grace, is most fitted to
attract the gaze Of careless, giddy
world, and win their restless souls
from the destinations Of creature
love and creature-beauty.
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Every man should strive to be, as
far as lies in his power, a philoso-
pher. Philosophy might teach him
that happiness at the heart is the
truest mental hygiene, and that such
happiness can only be obtained by
doing the duty that lies nearest, by
looking upon ambition as a means to
an end, by the pursuit and enjoyment
of refined pleasures, by cultivating
domestic peace, = curbing the tenn
per and by perfo. ming kindly acts.-
Ne,y York Hour.
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"HOLD YOUR GROUND !"

After nightfall Stonewall Jackson
rode off with his staff to reconnoiter
in front of the line he had gained.
1t was his idea to stretch completely
around in the rear of Hooker and
cut him off from the river.
The night was dark and Jackson
soon came upon the Union lines.
Their infantry drove him back, and
as he returned in the darkness his
own soldiers began firing at their
commander, of course mistaking his
party for the enemy. Jackson was
shot in the hand and wrist and in
the upper arm at the same time.
His horse turned and the General
lost his hold of the bride rein; his
cap was brushed from his head by
the branches; he reeled and was
caught, in the arms Of an officer.
After a moment he was assisted to
dismount, his wound was examined
and litter was brought. Just then
the Union artillery opened again,
and a murderous fire came down
upon the party through the woods
and darkness. One of the litter
bearers stumbled and fell, and the
others were frightened; they laid
the litter down on the ground, the
furious storm of shot and she'll sweep
ing over, them like hail. Jackson
attempted to rise, but his aide-de-
camp held him down till the tempest
of fire was lulled. Then the wound
ed General was helped. to rise, and
walked few steps in the forest, but
he became faint, and was laid again
on the litter. Once he rolled to the
ground, when an assistant was shot,
and the litter fell. Just then Gener-
al Pender, one of his subordinates,
passed. He stopped and said:
II hope YOU are not seriously hurt,
General. / fear / will have to retire
my troops, they are so much brok-
en-"
But Jackson looked up at once and
exclaimed:
"You must hold your ground, Gen.
eral Pender; you must hold your
ground, STRIP
This was was the last order he
ever gave. He was borne some dis
tance to the nearest house and exam
ined by the surgeon and after mid
night his left arm was amputated at
the shoulder.
When Lee was told that his most
trusted lieutenant had been wound
ed, he was greatly distressed, for the
relation between them were almost
tender.
jackson has lost his left ARM"
said Lee, "but 1 have lost my right
arm. ."-&. Nicholas.
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4 MANICURE'S CHAT CONCERNING HANDS.

4 MANlCURE'S CHAT CONCERNING HANDS.
II have given the human hand a
study of a lifetime," said a successful
manicure, "and I have no hesitation
in saying that there is nothing what
ever in palmistry. The hand reader
depends on luck and knowledge of
character, and really has no more
basis for his opinion than the fortune
teller or racehorse tipster. Ofcourse,
he can tell the hand of a laborer from
that of the clubman, but the distin-
gushing features are the result of
work and have nothing whatever
to do with the hand itself. A per-
sons hand changes on account of the
use it is put to, and not because the
person himself changes. The shape
of the hand depends upon the gener-
al contour of the body, and is not in
tluenced by personal traits.
Most Of my time is devoted to
patients who have suddenly found
themselves elevated to a higher
walk of life. Nearly all my patients
are women. Some have been shop
girls, whose pretty faces have aided
them to find husbands among the
wealthy, and others have been SER
wants, who have married into their
employers families. In cases of this
kind women are very anxious to re-
move all traces of their past life, and
as gross hands are harder to conceal
than neglected education, they look
upon the trained manicure as their
best friend. 1t is surprising how
readily the hand can be changed in
size, shape and color. An ugly or
deformed hand can never be made
beautiful, but as there are so few re-
ally we'll formed hands, the most
homely can be made presentable
by a strict course of treatment. To
reduce fat and give to the fingers
that beautiful tapering appearance
nothing is so efficient as regular ex-
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HOLD UP YOUR LIGHT.-During
voyage to India, sat one dark
evening in my cabin, feeling unwell.
Suddenly the cry of "Man over
board ~ made me spring to my feet.
1 heard trampling overhead, but
resolved not 90 on deck, lest I should
interfere with the crew in their ef-
forts to save the poor man. "What
can do?" I asked myself; and un-
hooking my lamp held it near the
top of my cabin and close to my
BULBS eye window, that it's light
might shine on the sea and as near
the ship as possible. In half a min.
utes' time heard the joyful cry. ITS
all right, he's safe;" upon which l
put my lamp in its place. The next
day, however, I was told that my
little lamp was the sole means Of
saving the mans life; it was only
by the light which shone upon him
that the knotted rope could be thrown
so as reach him.-Rev. s. Compton.
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How FATIGUE OPERATEs.-After
study of some years, Prof. Mossoe,
of Turin, finds that when fatigue Is
carried beyond the moderate stage,
at which it is decidedly beneficial, 1t
subjects the blood to a decomposing
process through the infiltration into
it of substances which act as poisons,
and which, when injected into the
circulation of healthy animals, in
duce uneasiness and all the signs OF
excessive exhaustion. When within
the resisting power of the subject,
fatigue has it's pleasures and even
joys, these being the expression OF
the organic consciousness that bodily
loss of tissue is being balanced by re-
construction. Mosso's experiments
were performed on italian soldiers,
and they proved, among other re.
suits, that the stature and power OF
the modern warrior are fully equal
to those of the ancient Romans
ArkanSuaU Traveller.
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a9- Habits are soon assumed but
when we strive to strip them off, tits
being fayed alive.